Here is the message from Dorothy Bloomfield, Consulting Editor for the Crowell Young Math Books.
Children are naturally curious about their world and it is also natural for them to respond to this curiosity through action. Jean Piaget, the noted Swiss educational philosopher, considers such action to be at the core of mathematical learning. The action can be outward and physical: moving things about or constructing things. Or it can be inward and mental: observing, identifying, naming, finding patterns, or interpreting.
The terms and symbols of mathematics are part of a precise language. Just as a poet uses language and ideas in unusual ways to create new insights, so the young child can play with the language of mathematics toward further creative learning and use this language for interaction with others.
Young Math Books invite children to explore relationships that are basic to their environment and introduce them to mathematical language that will enable them to express their ideas about the world in which they are growing up.
The books have been out of print for 30-40 years. Here is the list of the books compiled by Julie Brennan of Living Math. You can find some of them online when people scan them for their kids or their math clubs.
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3D 2D 1D Adler, David Geometry, measurement, volume/area. Very readable
Base Five Adler, David/Ross, Larry 1975 Number base systems
Estimation Linn, Charles/Madden, Don 1970 Activities, simple intro
666 Jellybeans! All That? An Introduction to Algebra by Malcolm E. Weiss
Angles are Easy as Pie by Robert Froman
Area by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Averages by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Bigger and Smaller by Robert Froman
Binary Numbers by Clyde Watson
Building Tables on Tables: A Book about Multiplication by John V. Trivett
Circles by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Computers by Jane Jonas Srivastava
The Ellipse by Mannis Charosh
Estimation by Charles F. Linn
Exploring Triangles: Paper-Folding Geometry by Jo Phillips
Fractions are Parts of Things by J. Richard Dennis
A Game of Functions by Robert Froman
Graph Games by Frédérique and Papy
The Greatest Guessing Game: A Book about Dividing by Robert Froman
How Little and How Much: A Book about Scales by Franklyn M. Branley
Less than Nothing is Really Something by Robert Froman
Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide by James T. Fey
Maps, Tracks, and the Bridges of Konigsberg: A Book about Networks by Michael Holt
Mathematical Games for One or Two by Mannis Charosh
Measure with Metric by Franklyn M. Branley
Probability by Charles F. Linn
Right Angles: Paper-Folding Geometry by Jo Phillips
Rubber Bands, Baseballs and Doughnuts: A Book about Topology by Robert Froman
Solomon Grundy, Born on Oneday: A Finite Arithmetic Puzzle by Malcolm E. Weiss
Spirals by Mindel and Harry Sitomer
Statistics by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Venn Diagrams by Robert Froman
I Love Math series, also out of print
Alice in Numberland (Fantasy Math) original stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities reflecting Alice's adventures in Numberland, where she finds mathematical challenges throughout the magical landscape
See You Later, Escalator!: Mall Math Stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities introduce early math skills, focusing on the mathematics one might encounter on a trip to the shopping mall.
Young Math
Here is the message from Dorothy Bloomfield, Consulting Editor for the Crowell Young Math Books.
Children are naturally curious about their world and it is also natural for them to respond to this curiosity through action. Jean Piaget, the noted Swiss educational philosopher, considers such action to be at the core of mathematical learning. The action can be outward and physical: moving things about or constructing things. Or it can be inward and mental: observing, identifying, naming, finding patterns, or interpreting.
The terms and symbols of mathematics are part of a precise language. Just as a poet uses language and ideas in unusual ways to create new insights, so the young child can play with the language of mathematics toward further creative learning and use this language for interaction with others.
Young Math Books invite children to explore relationships that are basic to their environment and introduce them to mathematical language that will enable them to express their ideas about the world in which they are growing up.
The books have been out of print for 30-40 years. Here is the list of the books compiled by Julie Brennan of Living Math. You can find some of them online when people scan them for their kids or their math clubs.
Full List
I Love Math series, also out of print